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From the Soviet bloc to the European Union : the economic and social transformation of Central and Eastern Europe since 1973 /

"The Soviet Union's dramatic collapse in 1991 was a pivotal moment in the complex history of central and Eastern Europe, and Ivan Berend here offers a magisterial new account of the dramatic transformation that culminated in ten former Soviet bloc countries joining the European union. Taki...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berend, T. Iván (Tibor Iván), 1930-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The economic factors in the collapse of state socialism and the new international environment, 1973-1989
  • Radical transformation and policy mistakes: dramatic economic decline in the early 1990s
  • Toward better times: the European Union and its policy of eastward enlargement
  • Recuperation and growth: the role of foreign direct investment
  • Economic restructuring: transforming main sectors, economic recovery, growth, and weaknesses
  • Transformation and social shock
  • Lasting changes in the structure of income, employment, welfare institutions, education, and settlement
  • Epilogue: the future of catching up in the European "melting pot."